When the caster utters the spell of creeping doom, he or she calls forth a mass of from 500 to l,000 (d6 + 4) venomous, biting and stinging arachnids, insects and myriapods. This carpet-like mass will swarm in an area of 20 foot square, and upon command from the caster will creep forth at 10 feet per round, moving in the direction in which the caster commanded (using a bonus action). The Creeping Doom will attack any creature it encounters, each of the small horrors inflicting 1 hit point of damage (each then dies after their attack), so that up to 1,000 hit points of damage can be inflicted on creatures within the path of the creeping doom. If the creeping doom goes beyond 120 feet of the summoner, it loses 50 of its number for each 10 feet beyond 120.
The Creeping Doom can be damaged by area effect spells or attacks, each point of damage killing one insect.
Player's Handbook 1st ed. p. 63
* - (A handful of crushed insects)
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